PSPgo battery is non-removable to stop piracy

It’s fair to say that Sony had a big problem with how easy it was to downgrade the firmware on the old PSPs, install emulators, and play pirated games. A popular workaround on the handheld was the “Pandora’s Battery” which allowed anyone to unbrick and/or downgrade the PSP firmware. In so doing any firmware updates Sony issued with new games could be reversed, rendering them useless for controlling what gamers could do with the device.

Sony really don’t want that to happen again with the PSPgo and so have come up with what they think is a perfect solution. The battery in the PSPgo will not be removable. That not only means there will be no Pandora’s Battery workaround available, but it has the wider problem of not allowing gamers to replace a battery that fails. Instead your PSPgo will have to be shipped off to Sony for repair which will not only be inconvenient, but will likely carry a service charge.

The news of the non-removable battery has been made official by John Koller, director of Hardware Marketing at Sony, who told PlayStation Insider:

You won’t be able to rip your games and play them on the system, the firmware precludes that. There’s no external battery, so there’s a number of protections put into place on the system.

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zerocool

we shall see… *evil grin

ghosti33t

this is gay!!!!!!
im not buying a psp that is something goes wrong u have to send it in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!just like the 360 and if it takes them 6 months to send something back they can say good bye to me when iv bought 5 ps3 80gb 2 ps3’s 60gb and 5 psp’s

i know it does not matter im one person but stilll!

Thought Knocks

That could be the last nail in the coffin for the PSP to finally rest in peace. Come on, i have no problems with preventing piracy but non removable battery??? really??? Not only i will buy a new battery if it goes bad but i may have to pay service charge just to replace them??? I can live without a PSP… I’m not giving them my money just to screw me!!!

GeneralAnonymousYouth

Do not fear! G.A.Y. is here!

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I predict the PSP Go will be hacked within 6 months! Mark my words!

c-drive

This shouldn’t be a problem. How many people had problems with the original batteries that came with PSP 1000-3000? And a built-in battery doesn’t hurt iPods.

I think just like iPods, businesses will pop-up that can replace batteries and make small repairs so you don’t have to send it in to Sony.

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This will not stop the type of people that MOD PSP’s. They were doing it before the Pandora Battery anyhow. The problem is those that actually carry a lot of batteries will not that option for more power on the road.